DBus: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 03:54, 19 March 2019

VLC implements DBus-spec, a desktop-neutral document, that aims to be suitable for every Media Players.

Could vlc be a on-demand startable service, would it be useful ?

We just have to create a /usr/share/dbus-1/org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.service:

[D-BUS Service]

Name=org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer

Exec=/usr/bin/vlc -I dummy --control dbus

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-TODO for DBus integration:
+{{See also|DBus-spec|DBus-usage}}
-- List all signals, and especially methods that need to be implemented, and list their arguments and return value
+== TODO for DBus integration ==
+VLC implements [[DBus-spec]], a desktop-neutral document, that aims to be suitable for every Media Players.
-- Decide what to do when org.videolan service is already registered by another instance of vlc: let the first instance do all the work ? replace it ? place vlc on the queue ?
+=== Decide service behaviour ===
--- Now if vlc is built with D-Bus >= 1.0.0 it will automatically register org.videolan.vlc, and no other instances of vlc will be allowed to replace it
+Could vlc be a on-demand startable service, would it be useful ?
-- Could vlc be a on-demand startable service, would it be useful ?
+We just have to create a /usr/share/dbus-1/org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.service:
--- we just have to create a /usr/share/dbus-1/org.videolan.vlc.service:
-----
+<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
 [D-BUS Service]
-Name=org.videolan.vlc
+Name=org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer
-Exec=/usr/bin/trunk-build/bin/vlc -I dummy --control dbus
-----
-Missing features:
-volume control => VolumeGet and VolumeSet
-playlist => hard.... could we use xspf ?
-timing of the input element (position, jump)
+Exec=/usr/bin/vlc -I dummy --control dbus
+</syntaxhighlight>
-preferences ?
+[[Category:Development]]